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- Title
Effect of TNF-α on Molecules Related to the Insulin Action in Endometrial Cells Exposed to Hyperandrogenic and Hyperinsulinic Conditions Characteristics of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
- Authors
Oróstica, Lorena; García, Paula; Vera, Carolina; Romero, Carmen; Vega, Margarita; García, Víctor
- Abstract
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects not only ovarian functions but is also able to affect endometrium metabolism. Around 80% of women with PCOS are obese. High tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α production and low adiponectin levels are characteristics of obesity. Interestingly, endometrium from obese women with PCOS presents an insulin-resistance condition, high TNF-α levels, and low adiponectin levels. However, TNF-α effect on molecules associated with insulin action in endometrial cells remains unclear. Therefore, the objective of this work was to evaluate TNF-α effect on expression of molecules associated with adiponectin (insulin sensitizing) and TNF-α signaling pathways and on Glucose Transporter type 4 (GLUT-4) levels in human endometrial cells under the characteristic conditions of hyperandrogenic/hyperinsulinic (HA/HI) PCOS. Two human endometrial stromal cell lines (T-HESC/St-T1b) under HA/HI conditions were used to assay the effect of high TNF-α concentration (100 ng/mL) on adiponectin, AdipoR1-AdipoR2 receptors, Adaptor protein phosphotyrosine interacting with PH domain and leucine zipper 1 (APPL1), Phospho-AMP-activated protein kinase T172 (p-AMPKT172), GLUT-4, Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1)-Tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2) receptors protein levels, and nuclear factor κB (NFκB) nuclear content, by Western blot or immunocytochemistry. The NFκB participation in TNF-α effect on adiponectin expression was assayed using an NFκB inhibitor (pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate). The TNF-α increases the expression of molecules associated with its own signaling pathway (P < .05) and decreases the protein levels of adiponectin and its associated molecules (P < .05). Moreover, TNF-α increases NFκB nuclear content (P < .001), whereas with NFκB inhibition the decrease in adiponectin content induced by TNF-α was not observed. GLUT-4 levels were lower with TNF-α treatment (P < .01). Thus, in human endometrial stromal cells, high TNF-α levels negatively affect the insulin action through decreased adiponectin signaling and GLUT-4 protein. This could explain the failures observed in endometrial function of obese women with PCOS.
- Subjects
TUMOR necrosis factor receptors; ENDOMETRIUM physiology; POLYCYSTIC ovary syndrome; ADIPONECTIN; INSULIN; GLUCOSE transporters; OBESITY genetics; GENETICS
- Publication
Reproductive Sciences, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 7, p1000
- ISSN
1933-7191
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1933719117732157